Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 340)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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The brush stroke preview at the bottom of the palette shows how paint strokes look with the current brush options.
Brushes palette with Brush Tip Shape options displayed
A. Locked B. Unlocked C. Selected brush tip D. Brush settings E. Brush stroke preview F. pop-up menu G. Brush tip shapes (available when
Brush Tip Shape option is selected) H. Brush options
Display the Brushes palette and brush options
1 Choose Window > Brushes, or click the palette button on the right side of the options bar if you have a
painting tool, erasing tool, toning tool, or focus tool selected.
2 Select an option set on the left side of the palette. The available options for the set appear on the right side of the
palette.
Click the check box to the left of the option set to enable or disable the options without viewing them.
Create a brush tip from an image
1 Use any selection tool to select a part of an image to use as a custom brush. Feather should be set to 0 pixels if you
want to create a brush with a sharp edge. The brush shape can be up to 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels in size.
If you select color image, the brush tip image is converted to grayscale. Any layer mask applied to the image doesn’t
affect the definition of the brush tip.
If you want to define a brush with soft edges, select pixels with gray values. (Colored brush shapes appear as gray
values.)
2 Choose Edit > Define Brush Preset.
3 Name the brush, and click OK.
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